"You're an evil cold heartless witch
"You're an evil cold heartless witch!" Chase screeched.
"Thank you ever so much for noticing," she grinned from her perch on the chandelier.
"I will never forgive you!" he said kicking the head off of one of the thousands of rock creatures.
"Which is another thing I'm proud of."
Chase growled in his rage, "I hate you, Wuya, I hate you so much," he took out three more rock creatures, "Come down here and face me, you coward!"
"No I don't think I will," she responded casually, "As long as I'm up here I can calmly think of a plan to destroy you in a slow painful way."
"I don't think so, you old hag!" a rope wrapped around the chandelier and yanked it hard causing the whole structure along with some parts of the ceiling to come crashing down.
Wuya landed hard on her butt again and stood abruptly looking about for the source of the wretched rope. Her eyes rested on the large cowboy who stood at the door recoiling the rope on his arm, "I believe its time for payback, don't you think so Jessie?"
"I sure do big brother," responded the stout girl next to him.
Raimundo karate chopped a rock creature in half and caught Wuya from behind with a firm kick to the spin, "It seems like everyone was invited to this party."
Wuya was sent sprawling a few feet until she caught her balance. Her mouth foamed as she turned back to the Brazilian child shooting multiple fire balls at him but he dodged them all except one. It hit him square in the torso and sent him flying through the large window, the glass shattered and went with him through the air. Raimuno's body seemed to move in slow motion as it ascended from the force of the fire ball until it made a diagonal decent of about 40 feet and crashed into the pool. The splash he made resembled a bomb exploding as the water created a small tidal wave on the area.
Chase darted over to the shattered window to see if his new found friend was ok. A long moment passed as the water became still again and air bubbles smoldered at the surface where he had landed. Even if he did land close to the deep end, the height from which he fell was enough to make him hit his head at the bottom. But Chase was swept with relief when Raimundo broke through and grabbed onto the edge.
However Chase's momentary lapse of relief was short lived when he felt Wuya's sharp knuckled hand smack the back of his head with intense force. So much so that he almost fell out the window himself.
"Never turn your back on your opponent, you poor fool," she scolded.
Chase's rage overcame him again and he turned around ready to face his adversary.
From his cowering position in the corner Jack watched as Wuya had taken down Clay and Jessie, although they had made a good diversion for Chase. Thankfully she had not killed them but merely knocked them out. Jack sighed now thinking of Chase as the world's last hope to keep it safe from Wuya's evil reign. His eyes drifted from them to the body of Kimiko. Her face was pale and her mouth hung open with the puzzle box lying only a few feet from her. He felt his heart break at the sight, he loved Kimiko he truly did. Even if it meant that he would have to surrender her to either Raimundo or Chase, he wanted her to be happy. And now she was gone, after she was so close to victory her courage had to be shot down by Wuya. He managed to crawl over to her and kneel over her, tears escaped his eyes and he let them flow freely burying his face into his hands he sobbed.
"The box…"
Jack's sobbing stopped and his crimson red eyes peered through his fingers. Kimiko's mouth still hung open and she still lay motionless. But that voice couldn't have been his imagination. He looked over at the puzzle box.
"…Give it to me…," the voice came again and his eyes shot back towards Kimiko.
His face lit up when he saw her blue eyes gazing up at him in a dazed way, "Kimiko? You're alive?"
"Hurry," her weak voice stammered and her hand rose to clench his shoulder, "I must have it."
Jack was stunned for a moment, more relieved then he was confused, "O-ok," he scrambled for it. Once he had it he supported Kimiko so she could sit up and placed it into her hands. Her expression seemed just as confused as he was but her eyes shown determination as her hands moved to open it.
"Any last words, Chase Young," Wuya asked.
She had him gripped by the neck and pressed up against the wall. They both bore wounds from each other but in using her boost of magic she had managed to come out on top. A large green fire ball formed in her other hand ready to explode in his face the moment she willed it to.
When he did not respond she shrugged, "Very well," her grip tightened around his scaly neck, "You should be happy I'm doing you a favor. You'll be reunited with your beloved Kimiko soon," her fire ball zoomed towards his face just seconds from impacting when it froze in mid air and disappeared.
"W…what is happening?" she cried as her greenish aura began to fade. Both she and Chase turned around to see Kimiko in Jack's arms holding the now opened puzzle box.
"No!" Wuya screamed. The boxes magic had begun to pull Wuya towards it. It appeared as if a giant hand had grabbed her and was dragging her in. Wuya kicked and scrabbled to keep a grip on Chase but lost it as her body became transparent, "Nooooo!! Nooooo!! I was going to rule the woooooorrrrrrrlllllldddddd…," her voice became raspy and ghost like. And the echoes of her cries could be heard as the box closed in around her closing tightly and not soon to be opened.
Kimiko dropped the box from her shaking hands. Her breaths were deep but labored. Her eyes landed on Chase who was still in his reptilian form and then to Jack who was still holding her.
"Kimiko?" Chase started towards her.
She gasped in fear not wanting the monster to come towards her.
"Kimiko it's me, Chase," he came over to kneel beside her as well. He even returned to his human form to prove it to her. His eyes were full of hope and joy but hers were not. After a long moment of silence passed the words finally escaped her lips.
"Who are you?"
A/N
Ok so I'm predicting only a few more chapters left to go. I apologize for it being so late. And somehow it seemed so much better when this chapter happened in my head. And some of the fighting scenes required some imagination since I had the worst trouble writing them down. oh well I hope you like it. Please tell me what you think Thanks and dont worry the next chapter isnt too far off.